Judaism Unbound Episode 438: Certifiably Unbound — Rena Yehuda Newman
Rena Yehuda Newman (They/Them) is a Jewish, transgender writer, educator, independent publisher, and illustrator living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Rena Yehuda is also the new Director of the UnYeshiva Certificate Program. They join Lex on the podcast for a conversation about the UnYeshiva Certificate Program and how creative, collaborative learning environments can help us envision emergent Jewish futures.
[1] Listen to Rena Yehuda’s prior appearances on the podcast: Judaism Unbound Bonus Episode – Pluralism of Necessity and Judaism Unbound Episode 331: Safety and Unsafety at Summer Camp – Rena Yehuda Newman and Julia Hegele.
[2] Lex and Rena Yehuda discuss the incredible Testosterone Survey Zine that Rena Yehuda published, a community health art project which is both creative and critically informative.
[3] View all of Rena Yehuda’s amazing zines and publications.
[4] Rena Yehuda references a very impactful zine by Micah Bazant. Read Rena Yehuda’s writing on their connection to that zine here. You can find the original Bazant zine here.
[5] Check out our previous episode with Chava Shapiro, founder of the Jewish Zine Archive: Episode 430: Zines are Torah — Chava Shapiro.
[6] Rena Yehuda mentions learning from artist and cartoonist Lynda Barry. Read more about Lynda and her work in this article from the New York Times.
